Sacred Hearts provincial turned Trappist was Molokai’s first native priest By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Trappist Father Harold Kiheipua Meyer, a former provincial of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts who joined the monastic life 50 years ago, died at age 91 on June 26 at the Abbey of Our Lady of New Clairvaux […]
Archives for July 2023
Synod’s LGBTQ discussion raises pastoral questions
By Kimberley Heatherington OSV News Those who minister to, or are part of, the community of people who identify as LGBTQ+ have observed a noted shift with respect to them and their concerns in the working document for the Catholic Church’s forthcoming synod of bishops convened by Pope Francis. The working document, or “Instrumentum Laboris,” […]
Bishop Larry Silva: My yoke is easy, my burden light
WITNESS TO JESUS | FOURTEENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME This is the prepared text of the homily by Bishop Larry Silva for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, delivered July 8 at St. Joseph Church, Waipahu, on the occasion of the installation of the pastor, and for the patronal feast of the Cathedral Basilica of […]
SISTER LOURDES FERNANDEZ, MM | 1943-2023
Missioner helped bring the faith back to post-communist Albania By Patrick Downes Hawaii Catholic Herald Maryknoll Sister Lourdes Fernandez, who recently served in Hawaii and was a member of the community’s Central Pacific Region, died July 7 in the city of Moundou, in the north central African country of Chad, her latest missionary assignment. She […]
Vatican letter: Modern day Christians who died for the faith will be honored
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — When St. John Paul II initiated preparations for the Holy Year 2000, he believed “the church in every corner of the earth must remain anchored in the testimony of the martyrs and jealously guard their memory” in order to journey with faith, hope and confidence into […]
Tommy and Rosanna Figuera, parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Papaikou: When you do things for Jesus
VIRIDITAS2: SOUL GREENING This conversation was recorded by Sister Malia Dominica Wong, OP, for the Hawaii Catholic Herald Rosanna: This has been my church long before kindergarten. I am now 73 years old. Tommy and I have been married 54 years. Tommy: I was born and raised here. This church was my playground. I remember […]
Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus installed as assembly officers
The 2023-2024 officers of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of Oahu’s Bishop Louis Maigret Assembly 1577, Bishop James Sweeney Assembly 1826, St. Damien Assembly 3221 and Kamiano Assembly 3894 were installed by District Master Lito Alvarez, June 24, at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe. The installation began with Mass celebrated by District Friar Father […]
Official notices: July 21, 2023
Bishop’s Schedule July 22-23, Episcopal Visitation, Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai. July 23, 10:00 am, Mass with Confirmation & First Holy Communion, Sacred Hearts Church, Lanai. August 1-6, World Youth Day, Lisbon, Portugal. Announcements/Appointments Reverend Carlo Benjamin Magnaye, M.F., North American Delegation Superior of the Missionaries of Faith, has proposed the following appointments. Bishop Larry Silva […]
Talk story: It is a burden of love
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Jesus can enter the lives of those who live with so little peace, who have to sleep by day to guard against the human predators who prowl at night … Jesus chooses each one of us to witness his presence to someone in our lives.” (Bishop Larry Silva, homily, Feast […]
Effie Caldarola: Becoming our parents
COMMENTARY As my mom grew older, she became less mobile. When we’d visit the mall she wouldn’t walk to the parking lot; we’d find a secure bench outside a store, and she would wait there for us to bring the car around. Often, when we’d drive up, Mom would be engaged in conversation with someone, […]
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